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The wife of Mr.. Hey, of Americus,
Ca, wears a handsome breastpin, which
was made out Ofa petrifed strawberry
which grew on her husbands farm.
The berryi beautifully cOlored, resem-
bling bright ruby, and is very hard
1t weighs about two ounces, and glis-
tens in the light like ball of fire.
The Little Rock ARK Gazette re-
marks that " Texas is too far South +"
while Arkansas enjoys "a medium and
equable climate" To which the Gal
weston NelCs adds "The climate of
Arkansas in summer is a medium be-
tween what the Arkansas man would
enjoy on coming to Texas to cool offand
what he will suffer hereafter if he does
not speak the truth.
Saturdays New York World publish
ed list of outgoing steamship passen-
gers under the head of "Obituary
Notes." NOta a very cheerful send-off
Arevival preacher addressed a Ten
nessee audience as a lot of twO-leg-
ged" hogs. The next week he appealed
to his hearers by calling them "pusil-
Luminous" skunks.
A new style of hose has been impOr-
ted in which there is receptacle for
each toe. The agricultural papers note
this as new corn cultivatOr.
Farming in Oregon has its drawbacks.
Sometimes high wind comes along
and blows away all the plOwed soil
leaving a barren waste.
Three young men obtained licenses to
marry the same girl at Blue Springs,
Fla, last week and the third succeeded
in capturing the prize.
A Buffalo woman, who was on visit
to Canada, saw lover 200 Orangemen
at one time, and not one Ofthem had an
orange"
Some Iowa people are trying to make
gas from cOrnstalks, but the eincredulOus
say that it will not amount to shucks.
A new Kansas paper intends to obtain
wide circulation under the euphOnious
name of "SOdp Boz"
Smyrna times., 1887-06-22
Drunkenness, or Liquor Habit.
CAN BE CURED by ADMINISTERING N
HAINEs' GOLDEN SPECIFIC.

1t can be given in a cup Of coffee or tea
without the knowledge Of the person taking
It, eifecting a speedy and permanent cure,
whether the patient is a moderate drinker
or an alcoholic wreck. Thousands of
drunkards haYe been made temperate men
who have taken the Golden Specific in their
coffee without their knowledge, and to-day
believe they quit drinking of their own free
will. No harmful effect results from its
administration. Cures guaranteed Send
for circular and full particulars. Address
in confidence GOLDEN SPECIFIC Co., 1856
Race St., Cincinnati, Ohio. feb9-1y
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Acknowledgement Drum exnla;ns h

Adiutant- General Drum explains how
he came to issue the order relative to
the return of the rebel battle flags.
Does Drum remember hearing of the
man who, having dropped his hat into
the crater Of volcano, proceeded to
jump in after it ? it was the opinion of
the corOner's jury that the man ought
to have let bad enough alone.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-22
Charles C. BOehmler,
Main Street, opposite the National
Bank of Smyrna.
CARPETS! CARPETS !

Having made arrangements to
sell Carpets by sample, l ask all
who want Carpets of any grade
or pattern to call and examine the
sample. Prices guaranteed as
low as the same goods can be
sold in New York or Philadel-
phia. Carpets, Oil Cloths, Rugs,
Mats, Mating, Carpet Lining,
Ottomans, Stair Rods, Druggets,
Window Shades, Plain and Col
Ored Scrims, &c, &c, &c.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-22

A vivid idea Of the crowd that is ex-
pected in London on Jubilee Day may
be OSeained from the fact, stated in a
special cable dispatch, that shops and
private houses are protecting them-
selves by barricades, as they did dur
ing the riots q short time ago. 1t is evil
dent that the police will have their
hands full in keeping order.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-22

What's the trouble now ?" asked a
nervous passenger on a new Dakota
road, as the train came to a sudden halt.
"0h, nothin' much" said the brake
man, struggling to get away, 1.-THE
freight ahead of US got off the track
and run into the depot, knOckin' it
clear out O. time, and our engineer can't
tell just where the tOwn-site is."-Da-
kOtG Bell.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-22

1t is, at certain times, the easiest
thing in the world to judge man is
whom many think is a little tin-gOd
on wheels" This werld is full of men
who at times know you and then again
they don't. There are such people
here, and at times others come.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-22
Sav.d H,s TsRo

Mr.. D. I. WilcoxsOn, of Horse Cave, KY. says he
was, for many years badly afflicted with Phthisic
also Diabetes; the pains were almost unendura-
bic and would sometimes almost threw him into
convulsiOns. He tried Electric Bitters and got
relief from first bottle and after taking six bottles
was entirely cured and had gained m flesh eigh.
teen pounds. Says he positively believes he
would have died. had It not been for the relief al
bottle by Jas p, HofIeeker Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-22

The Texas liquor dealers are favor
ing the most stringent kind of high
liquor license law, if the people will
only turn in and help them in turn to
defeat prohibition. High license is
what the liquor dealers have been
fighting in Pennsylvania, New York
and other NOrthern-States, and the in
dicatiOns are that the liquor fraternity
is undergoing first class scare down
in the Lone Star State.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-22

A Missouri farmer got out of bed
during q thunderstorm, opened a door
looked out, and was Immediately struck
dead by lightning. The moral of this
seems to be that when a man goes to
bed he should stay there until tits time
to get up.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-22

At length the Jacob Sharp jury has
been completed and sworn and the
great case fairly opened. The final re-
turns are: Whole number of JURORS
drawn, 2,1O0, whole number examin-
ed. 1896; whole number qualified, "a
challengedby the prosecution, 10 chal-
lenged by the defence, 20; excused by
the court, z; now in the box, IL.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-22
A CHASTITY Joker.

Atlanta, Ga, is live city, but it has
in its midst a ghastiy joker in the per-
son of clerk in an undertaker's estab-
lishment, who has for some time been
in the habit of playing dead man. 1t
has been his custom to enfold himself
in a shrOud, lay himself in a coffin and
have it reported on the outside that
dead man was in the building, and
they wanted help to move him. One
day last week a couple of Kentucky
horse drOvers went in and offered to aid
in removing the corpse. They lifted the
coffin and had advanced few PAGES
when the corps sprang bolt upright and
frightened the men so that their teeth
ratified like dry beans in a tin can. For
this offence the CHASTITY humorist was
taken before justice and fined 1915,
since which live dead men are scarce
around Observation-Disclosures establishment.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-22
Dou,t Exnor;wor+

You cannot afford to waste time in experiment.
ing when your lungs are in danger. Do not per-
NIT any dealer to impose upon yeu with some
cheap imitation of DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds but be sure you
get the genuine. Because he can make more
profit he may tell you he has something just the
same. Don't be deceived, but insist upon getting
DR.. Kings New Discovery, which is guaranteed 70
give relief in all Throat, Lung and Chest sffec-
tiOns Trial bottles free at Jas. p. HOffeekers,
Drug Store, Smyrna, Del.
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The Philadelphia Record sums up tn,

The Philadelphia Record sums up the
market situation with a terseness and
completeness that leaves nothing to be
desired. THE bursting of the bubbles
in the wheat and coffee speculations," I"
it says, " is no loss to the capital of the
country. 1t is only a change of the
stake from one set of gamblers who
have lost to another set of gamblers
who have won. The capital that has
been tied up in margins has been re-
leased, and the business world will be
really benefited by the ending of the
game. The losing gamblers will nurse
their burned fingers for a time, and
then the game will go on as before. It
is nothing but a gamble, and men en-
gagged in legitimate business are to be
congratulated that the gamblers have
lost control of the wheat and coffee
markets"
Smyrna times., 1887-06-22

mo more wars until | am gone" ("
Kaiser Williams is reported to have
said. Now, if every Monarch, on as
cending the throne, were to utter such
words as these, and see that they were
carried out, what peaceful world this
would be.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-22

The coffee ring has collapsed, and
quite q number of the spectators have
lost all the money they had, instead Of
realizing fortunes, as they hoped. 1t
takes millions of capital and nerve to
risk it to make q "cOFner" in q COM
modify so universally used as coffee.
The bitter got betten this time, but COf-
fee is no cheaper,
Smyrna times., 1887-06-22
Rose Leaf Lessons.

a full June Rose with a deep pink heart
And fainter tint where the close leaves part,
All set in wreath of dainty green,
The iairest thing in a summer scene.
Oh, whata wealth of sun and dew
Must the day give forth and the night renew,
What gentle rain, what breeZeS fair,
What blending of earth and sky and air
Only the hand of the Maker knows
The art that can form and finish a rose.
Gently the winds thy sweet leaves turn
And show me Il lesson my soul would learn.
E. c. T., ilt our Children.
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The following postal card explains

The following postal card explains
itself:
Dear Drum: If you happen to have
on file in the War Department the
sour apple tree upon which l was not
h--g, would you have the goodness
to forward it to me, express charges
paid 1t occurs to me as / believe it
will to you, that there never can be
lasting peace between the sections un-
til have got possession of that tree
and made kindling wood oft.
DAVIS
Smyrna times., 1887-06-22

Why not take down and break up
Bunker Hill Monument 1t seems to
perpetute a victory over "the mother
country" and therefore is well calcula-
ted to hurt the feelings of England.
Shall child go on for an indefinite
period glOating over the fact that it got
the best Ofits mother? Perish the mon
strOus thought. Bunker Hill Monu-
ment must go.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-22

In some parts Ofthe wine district of
France the church bells are tOlled when
there is likely to be a frost severe
enough to hurt the vines. The inhabi-
tants at once hurry out of their houses
and place quantities of tar between the
rows Ofvines. Then a signal is given
to light the tar, and in few minutes a
dense cloud of smoke arises which COM
pletely protects the vines from the frost.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-22

A clergyman was telling marvellous
story, when his little girl said: " Now,
Pa, is that true orisit only preaehingf"
Smyrna times., 1887-06-22
WA. FAIRIES & Bro,
Furnishing UIdHPtakaTS,
AND DEALERS IN
FURNITURE,
EAIE STREET, opposite lie Smyrna House,
Furniture of all kinds.

ParlOr and Chamber Suits Bureaus Bedsteads,
Chairs Lounges, Tables Stands. Mattresses. Spring
Beds and every thing in the Furniture Line guar
anteed at or less than City prices for the same
quality of goods. jan II
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j. w. KAY.
Nominated By the New York and Brooklyn Posts
for Commander Of Department OF New York.

Having in view the annual Encampment of
this Departments to be held at Albany on Feb.
% proximo, joint conference of Commanders
aud Delegates from the Posts in New York and
Kings Counties assembled at German Masonic
Temple, New York City, the object being to
unite if possible upon a candidate 10 present
for Department Commander. The meeting
organized with Hon. and COmrade Edward
Browne, Post 60, in the chair, and Past Senior
Vice-D Department Commander COwtan, Post 1877,
acting as Secretary, and O. Posts out of 80 in
both Counties were represented. Several names
were presented aud a ballot had which resulted,
after complimentary votes had been changed,
in nominating Comrade Jos. w. Kay, of VIM
chester Post, 1877, Chairman of the Executive
Committee of the GAR. Veterans Rights
Union, by an almost unanimous vote. After the
unsual announcement had been made, Comrade
Kay, who was present, was called to the plat
form by the Chairman of the conference, and
thanking the comrades for the flattering recog-
milton shown him, asked time TO consider the
matter before deciding so important a question
either way, after which the conference ad-
journed.
Comrade Kay is a native of Brooklyn, where
he resides. He enlisted July g. 1862 at the age OF
is, in CO. I, 22d y. Y. strawberry Grays),
then stationed at Harpers Ferry. He re-en-
listed as private, Co. A, 10th \. Y, Sep. %,
1862, serving with his regiment until the
Spring of 1864, when he was detailed as a
Mounted Orderly Oh tho staff of Col. S. S. Car
roll, commanding the Third Brigade, Second
Division, Second Corps. He was wounded
at the Wilderness May while carrying dis
patch, but remained on the field until again
wounded at Cold Harbor June 3, the brigade
then being commanded by Brighten. Thomas
A. Smyth, formerly Colonel of the 1st Del.
He has been n most useful and indclatigable
worker in the GAR, and THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE has taken frequent occasion to extOl
his splendid services rs a member of the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Union Veterans
Union. He is a clear-headed, vigorous-think'
ing man, resOlute in whatever he thinks is
right, and untiring whenever there is point
TO be gained for the old soldier.
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patching his clothes when the General has a
woman for that purpose! If you want another
pocket in your blouse take it to the General;
you will find the lady there. Tell them what
you want and you will soon get IT,"
He was soon on his way TO headquarters,
while we watched TO see the fun. The recruit
marched up and the General returned his sa-
lutte and said:
"Wen, my good man, what can I do for
your"
General. the boys told me there was a
woman here TO sew for the soldiers, and ! wanted
TO get pocket put in this blouse"
Before the General could answer, Mrs Hayes
spoke up and said: Certainly, certainly; leave
your blouse for an hour or so aud you shall have
pocket in it,"
When that soldier returned with the pocket
in his blouse, and the boys told him who the
lady was, we realized that we had carried the
joke too far, and had imposed on one Of the best
and truest women in the world.-FERD. Con-
NOR, Buchtel, Athens Co, o.
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dodge, so / ran down toward the rebel battery
80 or 40 rods guess, TO little creek, and began
dipping up the water. A fellow, who was hug
ging tree near by, yelled out TO me:
" Get out Of there; you will be Tiddled. That
pond is chuck-full Of bule.s!"
As i ran back with the water ] thought
could feel the bullets hit the buckets. i was
so sure of it that they seemed TO be getting
lighter instead of heavier. got there with
the water all right, had set one bucket down
and was carrying the other little farther along,
when shell burst so near that il stunned and
knocked me down. The Captain Of the battery
lifted me up, threw some water in my face, and
j revived and went back down the line. don't
know whether i found the company or they
found me. The rebel battery was silenced and
! the JOhnnies routed. We camped for the night
near whore the battery stood. We heard the
explosion Of Hoods magazines at Atlanta, 20
miles away. Next morning / could not lift my
head.-HENRY ToBEY. Co. ID, 18th ILL.,, Third
Brigade, First Division, Fourth Corps, Ulysses,
| Neb.
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THEY WANTED WATER.
How a Comrnde Coz n Under nlllenltIes.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: At Jonesboro,
Ga, soon after the battle began, a rebel battery
off 10 our right was Smelling us terribly, when
one of our batteries came up just TO the left of
my regiment and opened on them, shooting
lengthwise Of our line. Then ensued as lively
an artillery duel as / ever witnessed. One Of
the batterymen came running along the line
with two buckets, and asked our Orderly 10 send
a man for water 10 swab the guns with, quick.
The Orderly called "Tobeyl" / crawled ont.
for we We're lying fat on our faces.) stripped
of my accouterments and started down the line
on the run with the leather buckets, when
Gen. Grose rode up and ordered voley and a
yell. that brought back as good voley as was
sent. l knew the bullets were too thick to
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A VOICE from YIEGINIA.
ALEXANDRIA, VA,

ALEAANDKIA, VA, dpTu 4, 1913.
Mr.. r. K. HELPHENsTINE.
SIR: Some ten months ago my eldest daugh-
ter was suffering from a violent attack of rheu-
matism, and was confined TO her room for three
months, during which time she had the atten-
tion Of two Of our best physicians. They did
everything in their power TO relieve her. but
all 10 no avail. Twas advised to try +" DnTang's
Rheumatic Remedy" and to my utter surprise
the first few doses acted like magic She con-
tinued taking IL. The fourth bottle effected a
perfect cure. You are at liberty TO use this as
you see fit, and 10 refer 10 me any time.
Yours truly, JOHN SARGENT, JR.
Write for free 30 page pamphlet 10 Z. K.
Holphenstine, Washington, ID. G.
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LOGAN AT ATLANTA.
How Grandly He Breasted the Storm
Of Battle.
BY C. e. ADAMS, SUPERIOR, NEB.

The ground from Chattanooga 70 Atlanta had
been closely contested. The battles of Resaca,
Dalton, Dallas and Kenesaw Mountain had been
fought under Gen. Sherman and his veteran
aids, Thomas Mcpherson. Schofeld, Hooker.
Palmer and Logan for the Union SIDE and John
ston, with Hood, Polk, Hardee, Cheatham, Gle
burne and Walker for the Confederacy. One
hundred and twenty miles of territory had been
disputed inch by inch. Shot for shot had been
exchanged from behind every tree. The val
leys and mOuntain-sides were stained with
blood and SCARED with battle. Not day in
the past 100 but had contributed in greater
or less degree 10 the casualties of war. The
constant whiz Of the musket-ba and the
scream Of the shell were looked upon in mat
ter-of-fact way as an everyday occurrence.
The weared soldier in the reserve slept
WHILE HIS COMRADES FOUGHT,
and woke in the morn to take the place Of him
who had laid down his life that his country
might live.
The soldier took up the standard that fell
from his lifeless comrades hands and carried II
on 10 victory.
So with our commanders The gallant Dan
McCook expired upon the rebel parapets and
brought Col Harmon 10 the front. When he
fell Col. DilwOrth held the ground.
The battle of Peach Tree Creek had been
fought and won. The rebels had become dis
satisfied and displaced Johnston with Hood.
Something desperate must be done-Sherman
had dispatched in cipher 10 Halleck:
To-day we move on Atlanta. Have been fight.
ing all day. We find the enemy in force, but will
close in tomorrow.
And TO Gen. Thomas he said:
Gen. Mcpherson to-day charged and carried o
hill cast OF Atlantis from this hill he has an easy
range OF the town. We will try the effect OF shell
ing tomorrow, aud during it you had better mako
all the ground you can.
This Hill was the key TO Atlanta, and in the
hands of the bravost Of the brave, the gallant
Mcpherson.
We viii now look into the rebel lines. There
we see the dashing Hood fired with determi'
nation TO spring upon Mcpherson from
BOTH FRONT AND REAR
and crush him between Hardee's and Cheat
hams Corps. Hardee's Corps is composed Of
tried veterans, led by Butte, Walker CleburnC
and Nancy. They are TO attack the Fifteenth
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A GOOD STORY.
How Mrs. Gen. Hayes Put Another Pocket In n
Recruits Blouse.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: We had gone
into Winter quarters at Charlestown, w. Va.
Some recruits had arrived for the Seth Ohio,
and ono of them was finding fault with the
Government for not putting more pockets in
his blouse. 1t happened that the wife of Gen.
II. b. Hayes was on visit to the General, and
was stopping at headquarters. Some of the
boys told the grumbler that he could get a
pocket put in his blouse; that Gen. Hayes kept
a seamstress at headquarters on purpose to patch
their clothes and sew on buttons.
EYES," said one, 1.-THE General is always on
the lookout for the welfare of his men. Only
the other day he had man arrested for sew
ing on some buttons The idea of soldier
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NEW YORK.

N
The Veteran Association Of the I65th N. Y.
Second Duryea Zouayes), which served in the
Army Of the Gull, has invited Col. John II.
Fellows, the Assistant Attorney Of New York,
and who was a prominent officer Of the rebel
garrison at Port Hudson at the time Of its
surrender, 10 deliver an address before il i'm re-
gard 10 its siege from rebel standpoint. The
lecture will be delivered in New York on
Wednesday evening, Feb l6, and quite mum.
Der Of officers Of distinction on the campaign
will be present with drum and Gfe corps and
other attractions.
The Veteran Association Of the 10Th " Y
(laighlanders) held a meeting recently in New
York City 10 make arrangements for the 26il
annual dinner Of the Association, 20 take place
on May l3. The following are the officers Of
the Association for the ensuing year: Presi.
dent, Thomas Moore; Sec'y, Serg Mai or Joseph
Matthews; Vice President, Police Sergt JOSEPH
Stewart; Treasurer, Col. A. ID. Baird. TheTS
are only 200 survivors Of the regiment
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Homicide by n DevOut BOer.
Ipnn MIL lln-rtle I

In the last number of the Tlydschrit "Diary
of a Boer in the Kafir Commando" is published.
We extract two consecutive entries: Sunday,
Feb. %. No Kafrs in sight. Held divine SER
vice. Prayer meeting at night-a blessed time.
Monday, Feb. p. Saw Kafirs on the hills. Com
mando went out and shot thirty-four. besides a
number that got away wounded. Thanksgiv-
ing service in the evening on return to camp
Sang Psalm l07, and went on sentry. Shot two
rog.
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Gen. Dan YncanIer.

Of Indiana, wishes his army friends to REMEM-
BIER that he and Walter b. Bowers are proprie-
tors of THE GEDNEY HOUSE, 10th ST. and
Broadway, New York. Hotel new and elegant.
European plan. Rooms 81 per day upwards.
Excellent restaurant. Moderate charges. Army
and Navy Headquarters.
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Admits OF No Dispute.

Minister Ito church mcmber)-The noise
which ten-dollar bill makes when dropped
into the contribution box, my dear Mr.. Smith,
isn't heard in this world, but it Invertebrates
through heaven.
Church member-Ycs, sir; but if it rever-
berated less in heaven and more on earth, there
would be 4 greater number Of them dropped.
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Surprising Ignorance.
[Nel0 York Sun.

"Young man." he said in solemn tones
don't you know that If you persist in drink
ing you will never get ahead in this world?"
Wont get ahcadg" repeated the young
man. why, my dear sir, your ignorance
surprises me. I'll have a head OH me tomorrow
morning as big as barrel"
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A Reasonable Reauest.
Men YOrL Slm.l

Magistrate-You are accused of stealing
chickens, Uncle Rastus. Are you guilty or not
guilty?
Uncle Rastus-I pleads not guilty, yO' Honah,
an inquests de privilege OF frowing myself
on de mercy oh de Govt in case dc evidence
goes agin me.
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Comrade John c. Taylor, No. II Allen Place,
Hartford, Conn, will employ few comrades TO
exhibit his real Dar UieUS, actual photographs
made at the front" from 1851 TO G5. Write
TO him for particulars.